Improvement in paper boxes



H. L. R; & o. WOLF.

PAPER-BOX.

Patented MaylB, 1877.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY L. It. WOLF AND OTTO WOLF, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNORS OF ONE-THIRD THEIR RIGHT TO JNO. WM. AUGUST WOLF, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN PAPER BOXES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 190,945, dated May 15,1877 application filed February 16, 1877.

To all whom it'may concern:

Be it known that we, HENRY LEWIS R. WOLF and OTTO WOLF, of Dayton, inthe county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Paper Boxes and we do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

This invention belongs to that class of paper or straw-board boxes cutin the form of a blank with various flaps, and folded up into therequired shape. I a

Our object'is to produce a simple and durable, but cheap, rectangularbox for bonnets, hats, or other articles made from a single piece ofpaper or straw-board, which is out, folded, and held together, as willbe herewith described and claimed.

Figure 1 shows in 'plan "iew our improved box blank cut from a singlepiece of paper. Fig. 2 shows in perspective the box set up and ready foruse.

The body of the box is formed from a square or rectangular piece ofpaper or straw-board. This piece is divided into nine subdivisions, asindicated by the letters a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, and t. The centraldivision a forms the bottom of the box. 0 and h are two opposite sides,and b e g and df't' the remaining opposite sides. The lattersubdivisions areseparated by the cuts or slits h. In the subdivisions 129 cl 1) are slits 1, located as represented, and on the outer corners ofthe pieces 0 and f are tongues m, formed by cutting short slits n. Tapesor cords 1;, Fig. 2, are secured at q,

When desired for use, the box is made up as follows. The pieces I; c dand g h o are turned up, the pieces 0 and h forming the front and backsides of the box. The pieces 12, d, g, and i are then turned at rightangles to the sides a and h. This brings the four slits l to the topcorners of the box. Finally, the sides a and f are turned up against theoverlapping pieces 12 g and d h, and the tongues m are passed throughthe slits, thus uniting the triple side, as represented in Fig. 2.

This arrangement of the tongues and slits forms a self-locked boxcapable of resisting any ordinary outward pressure.

The lid is turned down in the usual way, and the tapes p are tied overit. It is to be noticed that the top edges of all the sides except thefront are braced and sustained to prevent their being crushed in.

We are aware that it is not new to make a box from a cut and foldedpaper blank but What we do claim as new, and desire to secure is- Theherein-described rectangular paper or straw-board box, cut from a singlepiece, and whose body is composed of nine rectangular subdivisions, twoof which contain tongues m, and four (4) slits, b, the tongues and slitsbein g so located that when the box is made up they occupy positions atthe upper corners, and are covered by the lid s, which is a part of oneof the sides, and is secured by tapes p, the whole constructed andarranged substantially as and for the purpose specified.

Witness our hands this 8th day of February, A. D. 1877.

H. L. RUDOLPH WOLF. OTTO WOLF.

Witnesses CHAS. M. PEcK, WM. Rrromn.

